RAPTORS/SKYDOME ANNOUNCE LEASE DEAL

The Raptors and SkyDome will announce today that they have
completed the lease agreement for the team's first two seasons.
The deal is believed to be worth $4.5M per season. Officials at
SkyDome hope the team will stay there beyond the first two
seasons. SkyDome President Bob Hunter said the deal is a one-year
plus one-year term, with an option to renew after the second year.
Hunter: "Certainly we'd like to think they'll be with us for a
long while." But Raptors VP/Communications Tom Mayenknecht said
the team "fully intends to be playing in our own building" after
the first two seasons (Craig Daniels, TORONTO SUN, 12/2).